Part 1 of Mark Ferguson's December 5, 1994 interview with Jabez and Vera Ryder. The informants discuss salting fish, fish stores, fish merchants, construction and layout of the fishing stage, and working winters in the woods.

Part 4 of Mark Ferguson's December 4, 1994 interview with Heber John Keel. Mr. Keel discusses fishing, women's work on the fishing stage, the layout of the fishing stage, and the work operation of a stage. Mr. Keel also discusses former Primier...

Part 3 of Mark Ferguson's December 6, 1994 interview with Bride Fitzgerald. Mrs. Fitzgerald discusses drying fish, types of fish she and her family would eat, and saving food for the winter. Mrs. Fitzgerald also discusses raising pigs and hunting...

Part 2 of Mark Ferguson's December 13, 1994 interview with Laura Whiffen. Mrs. Whiffen discusses the steps for processing fish, the specific way to spread out fish for drying, and peoples' reputations for making fish.

Part 4 of Mark Ferguson's December 11, 1994 interview with Wallace Abbott. Mr. Abbott discusses women working in fish-salting, the atmosphere on the fishing stage, going sealing, and families' reputations for making fish.

Part 3 of Mark Ferguson's December 11, 1994 interview with Wallace Abbott. Mr. Abbott discusses working and living winters in the woods, and building woods camps for his family. Mr. Abbott also discusses fishing stories, his boat, drying and...

Part 2 of Mark Ferguson's December 6, 1994 interview with Bride Fitzgerald. Mrs. Fitzgerald discusses her family, raising animals, cutting hay, and men working in the woods in the winter. Mrs. Fitzgerald also discusses fish-salting techniques,...

Part 1 of Mark Ferguson's December 9, 1994 interview with Heber Keel. Mr. Keel discusses salting and pickling fish, fish flakes, his different boats, the dimensions of a fishing stage, the size of his fish catches, and grades of fish.

Part 2 of Mark Ferguson's December 5, 1994 interview with Jabez and Vera Ryder. The informants discuss the layout of a fishing stage, fish-salting methods, differences in salted and pickled fish, and working with family on the stage.

Part 1 of Mark Ferguson's December 13, 1994 interview with John Ryder. Mr. Ryder discusses work on the fishing stage, girls working on flakes, size of flakes, the fish making process, the proper way to spead out the fish, mothers brining their...

Part 1 of Mark Ferguson's December 13, 1994 interview with Laura Whiffen. Mrs. Whiffen discusses her family's fishing operation which seen her father fish and her mother salt the catches. Mrs. Whiffen also discusses her work on fish flakes, and...

Part 3 of Mark Ferguson's December 5, 1994 interview with Jabez and Vera Ryder. The informants discuss the routine of working on the fishing stage, different jobs in fish processing, and the different ways fish could spoil.